The Mission of the Nebraska State Council for the Social Studies
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The National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference (virtual), Advancing Social Justice, will be held December 4-6, 2020. Details and speakers and sessions can be found at https://www.socialstudies.org/conference
NCSS is also providing an opportunity for "first-timers" to attend the conference at no cost which includes a one-year regular membership in NCSS.
From their website:
"The intent of the scholarship is to enable educators from diverse ethnic groups and/or who teach in high-poverty schools (and have never attended an NCSS Annual Conference) to take advantage of this premier professional development opportunity.
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
Note: a private donor is providing additional funding for applicants from underrepresented groups, such as teachers of color. These applicants should note how they qualify for that funding in their application."
The application deadline is Sunday, November 22. Learn more at https://www.socialstudies.org/conference/conference-scholarship
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NCSS is also providing an opportunity for "first-timers" to attend the conference at no cost which includes a one-year regular membership in NCSS.
From their website:
"The intent of the scholarship is to enable educators from diverse ethnic groups and/or who teach in high-poverty schools (and have never attended an NCSS Annual Conference) to take advantage of this premier professional development opportunity.
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- first-time attendee at an NCSS Annual Conference.
- full-time preK-12 social studies school teacher.
Note: a private donor is providing additional funding for applicants from underrepresented groups, such as teachers of color. These applicants should note how they qualify for that funding in their application."
The application deadline is Sunday, November 22. Learn more at https://www.socialstudies.org/conference/conference-scholarship
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The Nebraska Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services and other community partners created this guide around child and family well-being during these challenging times.
Please use and share this document!
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SIT/Frameworks
The Nebraska Department of Education has created two optional educational resources to help with the implementation of the 2019 Nebraska State Social Studies Standards. The first optional resource is the Social Studies Standards Instructional Tool (SIT) which is a spreadsheet containing open educational resources that accompany each K-12 state social studies standard and its indicators. The second optional resource is instructional frameworks that take the social studies standards and put them into the structure of a possible course. Frameworks have been created for 4th Grade Social Studies, 5th Grade US History, 6th Grade Social Studies (Social Studies I), 7th Grade Social Studies-with three possible approaches (Social Studies II), 8th Grade US History, High School Government, High School Economics, High School Geography-with two possible approaches, High School US History, and High School World History. The SIT, Frameworks and three videos explaining them (one elementary, one middle school and one high school) will be available on the NDE Social Studies website soon!
It is the goal of the resources to provide some assistance to social studies teachers as they work hard to teach in these uncertain times.
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The Nebraska Department of Education has created two optional educational resources to help with the implementation of the 2019 Nebraska State Social Studies Standards. The first optional resource is the Social Studies Standards Instructional Tool (SIT) which is a spreadsheet containing open educational resources that accompany each K-12 state social studies standard and its indicators. The second optional resource is instructional frameworks that take the social studies standards and put them into the structure of a possible course. Frameworks have been created for 4th Grade Social Studies, 5th Grade US History, 6th Grade Social Studies (Social Studies I), 7th Grade Social Studies-with three possible approaches (Social Studies II), 8th Grade US History, High School Government, High School Economics, High School Geography-with two possible approaches, High School US History, and High School World History. The SIT, Frameworks and three videos explaining them (one elementary, one middle school and one high school) will be available on the NDE Social Studies website soon!
It is the goal of the resources to provide some assistance to social studies teachers as they work hard to teach in these uncertain times.
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*****Go to the Annual Conference (Awards) page and the Archives to see some of Nebraska's outstanding social studies educators!*****
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